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ANSITerm
Version 1.0
By Timothy Miller
Two Worlds Software
NO PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE MODIFIED, DISASSEMBLED, DECODED,
COPIED, OR REMOVED BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE
AUTHOR. NO PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM MAY BE USED IN ANY OTHER PROGRAM.
THE ABOVE ALSO APPLIES TO THE FONT FILE INCLUDED WITH ANSITERM.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
THE USER IS AUTHORIZED TO USE THE PROGRAM ANSITERM, AND HAS
PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE THIS PROGRAM, AT NO COST. NO PROFIT MAY BE
DERIVED OUT OF THE SALE OF THIS PROGRAM WITHOUT THE SPECIFIC
PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR.
The following files are part of the ANSITerm package:
TWSANSI1.PRG
TWSANSI1.DOC
FONT48.DAT
These files MUST be included. All other files are optional, but
XYZ is necessary for file transfers.
ANSITerm's Features
o ANSITerm is a 100% ANSI VT-102 compatible terminal that supports
full 16 colors and blinking text, with 80 columns.
o Supports X-modem, Y-modem, and Z-modem transfers (using XYZ.TTP)
o Full mouse support and menu bars
o AutoDialer with seperate options (line-feeds, local echo, etc.)
for every entry.
ShareWare Info
This program is shareware. I have put much time into making this
into the best terminal program I could. If you use this program, it your
obligation as a fellow Atari ST user and supporter to send $15 or more to:
Two Worlds Software
Suite #245
3837 Northdale Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33624
All users who register will recieve free updates by mail.
File Transfers
File transfers can be accomplished through the use of Alan Hamilton's
XYZ file transfer program. I have found no way to keep the program
in memory and call it when needed, so ANSITerm must load it each time
you transfer a file. For hard-drive users, this is no problem since
ANSITerm remembers where XYZ is, but for floppy users, this can be a
bit of a pain. ANSITerm will not allow you to swap floppys (load XYZ
from one and transfer to/from another) so the use of a RAM disk is
recommended for this purpose.
Menu Bars
To select a menu, click on the title. To make it go away, click
on the title again, outside of the window or on another title.
Auto DIALer Menu
To select a slot that is not selected, click anywhere on the line
except for the field which says DIAL.
|DIAL|
If you click on DIAL any line which has not been tagged for
group dial, that slot will immediately be selected, the dialer
will go away, and the number telephone number listed in that
slot will be dialed. If that slot has been tagged for group
dial, the dial cycle will begin.
|J| (group dial)
If you click in the small field between DIAL and the name field,
of a selected slot, that field will be tagged for group dial. If
you click in that field again, the slot will be untagged.
|BBS Name |
The next field to the right is the name field. Click here to
edit. Left and right arrow keys move the edit cursor left and
right. Delete removes the character that the cursor is at and
moves all characters to the right left to fill in the space.
Backspace deletes the character to the left of the cursor and
moved all characters to the right of and at the cursor to fill
in the space.
|Phone number|
To the right is the phone number field. Click here to edit the
phone number as you would for the name field.
| Baud|
Next if the baud rate field. Click here repeatedly until the
baud rate you want is displayed.
|Options |
This field may take some time to get used to. Each column
corresponds directly an option in the options menu, in the same
order. They are also listed in the help menu. This is what
each one means (explainations are listed with the OPTN menu):
W: End of line wrap B: Destructive back space
E: Local Echo A: Application mode
C: Cursor Application mode N: New line and line feed mode
G: IBM Extended Character Graphics Set
L: Enable blink T/P: Tone and Pulse dial
ZYKXC: Transfer protocol
Z: Z-modem
Y: Y-modem (batch)
K: X-modem 1k
X: X-modem (standard)
C: X-modem checksum
| F1: | F2: | F3: | Macros
There are 3 44-character macros for each slot in the dial menu.
To edit one, select a slot, and click on the macro you want to
edit. Edit as you would for the BBS name. A return character is
NOT automatically transmitted at the end of the macro, so you must
put one in manually. To do this, press the Enter key on the
numeric keypad. In fact, any non-printing character (<esc>, LF,
FF, etc.) can be entered into the macro editing field and
transmitted as part of the macro. To transmit the macro while
on-line, press the function key corresponding to the macro you
wish to send.
Options (OPTN) Menu
End of line wrap
With this option off, any character printed at the right most
column will overwrite any character there without wrapping to
the next line.
Destructive backspace
When this mode is on, any time a backspace character is recieved,
the cursor will back up and erase any character in that column.
Local Echo
With this selected, any keys that you press will be automatically
displayed on the screen as well as transmitted. (half duplex)
Application mode
If this mode is on, the keys on the numeric keypad will send
special codes instead of the characters which appear on the
keytops.
Cursor key application mode
If this mode is on, the arrow keys send codes which are different
from when this mode is off.
New-line and line feed mode
If this option is selected, linefeed implies both return and
linefeed, and the return key sends both return and linefeed.
IBM Extended Character Graphics Set
If this mode is on, any characters with a value greater than
127 will cause graphics characters to be displayed. If this
mode is off, any such characters will have their most significant
bit stripped. This is for boards and on-line services that
insist on using set or even parity.
Enable blink
When this is selected, all characters that have been printed
with the blink attribute set will flash on and off at regular
intervals.
Dial timeout
This allows you to set the number of seconds the cycle dialer
waits before skipping to the next board selected for group
dial. Click on this line to edit. If a 0 (zero) is entered,
NONE is displayed and the cycle dialer will wait until either
the modem or the user tells it to skip to the next selected
slot.
Quit
Selecting this causes ANSITerm to exit to the program which
called it (or the desktop). This can also be selected by
pressing the UNDO key. No warning or "are you sure" message
is displayed.
o The OPTN menu will not go away if you select one of the options
so you have the chance to select or deselect more than one option
before clicking outside of it to remove it from the screen.
Select BAUD Menu
You can click in this menu to select which baud rate you want to
communicate at. 38400 bps is supported, but I do not guarantee
that it will work.
FILE Menu
Save Dialer
Saves the contents of the DIAL menu, the default download path,
and the Dial timeout to disk. If you are using a floppy system
and running XYZ from a RAMDISK, be sure to save to the floppy.
Load Dialer
Load a dialer from disk. ANSITerm can indirectly support